Lineman&#39;s chair.



No. 844,641. Y PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907. G. P. YEAKEL 6r W. C. L. IRELAND.

LINBMANS CHAIR.

APPLIOATION FILED sBPT.14,19oe.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

` aucun PATENTED IBB. I9, 1907. G. IAYBAKBL L W. G. L. IRELAND 2SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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W l E C W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.i

GEORGE P. YEAKEL AND WHORTON O. L. IRELAND, OF N ORRISTOWN, PENN-SYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO Ol-IARLESKELLER, OF NOR- RISTOWN,PENNSYLVANIA.

LINENIANS CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application tiled September 14.1906. Serial No. 334.693.

l what mav be termed hnemens chairs. Its l j object is to promote'facility and convenience in the linemens duties in traveiing from poleto pole in Stringing additional wires and otherwise equippingtelephone-lines and the like, also to insure safety against accident orfalling Vfrom his mid-air position, and to accomplish these ends in asimple, expeditious, and e'fl' otive manner.

Said invention consists of certain features or instrumentalities,substantially s hereinw after fully disclosed and specifically pointedout by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illust ating the preferred embodiment ofour invention, Figure 1 is a perspestive view thereof in position foruse. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the contrivance. Fig. 3 is a planview of the same, and Fig. hfl is a vertical seo tion produced throughthe forwnrd hanger, pulley, and other parts.

In carrying out our invention we provide a seat 1, preferably in theform of 'a board, es shown, having continuous arms and back 2,preferably of stout strong rod formation, whioh all constitute thelinemens choir proper. Said seat or board has depending in fixedposition Vfrom its forward under side a rigid or iron foot-rest 3,preferably of practically inverted-T form, and is itself suspended byrigid hangers or Suspenders 1l 5, these in turn having upper-endreturned por tions 6 7, between which are arranged pulleys 8 9, whosejournals rest or ere received in openings in the same, shown. Thesepulleys travel upon a cable or wire, as seen, and may be suitablyequipped upon their peripheries with rubber tires to guard against theirpossible slipping upon said cable, as might otherwise happen, especiallyin frosty weather.

Said hangers are firmly connected o together by a suitable brace or rod10 spanning the distance therebetween and fixed in any suitable way tosaid hangers upon their upper surfaces.

The pulleys S 9 have their journals pro- 55 vided with toothed orsprocket pinions 11 12 13, two, 11 12, being lixed to the journal of onepulley, and encompassing one of which and the single pinion 13 of therear-end pulley 9 is an endless chain or belt 14 for thev sio multaneouspropulsion of the two pulleys. The pinion 11 of the forward pulley 8 anda like pinion 15 are engaged by a second endless chain or belt 16, theshaft 17 of the latter pinion being suitably journaled in one of saidhangers and having fixed thereto crank-arms 1S, adapted to be manuallyactuated by the lineman, who may be seated in the chair aforesaid. Bythis arrangement it is obvious that the lineman may propel himself 7oalong the line from pole to pole in attending to the equipment of thepoles with additional wires with Vfaciiity and assurance of comparativesafety in his mid-air work,

It will be noticed that the hangers 4 5 are 75 delleeted or bent, as at19, to eseape contact with the cable or wire subsequently placed orsuspended in position, as indicated.

l/Ve claim- 1. A device of the character described, em- 8o ploying achair 'fixed to rigid Suspenders o1' hangers rigidly held together andequipped with wheels or pulleys at their upper ends, said pulleys havingtheir journals or shafts provided with pinions, means fer conjointly 8 5propelling said pinions, an additional pinion supported upon one of saidhangers, means for transmitting motion from the latter pinion to one ofthe aforesaid pinions, and means for manually propelling said latter' 9opinion,

2. A device of the character described, employing a chair -fixed torigid Suspenders or hangers rigidly hold together and equipped withwheels or pulleys at their upper ends, said pulleys having theirjournals or shafts provided with pinions encompassed by an endless chainor belt and a pinion supported or journaled upon one of said hangers andnames to this specification in the presence of encompassed by an endlesschain or belt also two subscribing Witnesses.

engaging one of the aforesaid pinions, said GEORGE P. YEAKEL.hanger-supported pinion having its journal WHORTON C. L. IRELAND. alsoequipped With manually-actuated erank- Witnesses: arms. l J. C. SNYDER,

In testimony whereof We have signed our l CLAY U. KELLAR.

